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Ortus12 t1_j1ij3ym wrote

Reply to comment by DukkyDrake in Am I the only one on this sub that believes AI actually will bring more jobs (especially in tech)? by raylolSW

That's true. Food prices probably won't come down much.

It looks like food prices were going down but reached diminishing returns and then flatlined and probably won't go much lower than they were in 1990.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=76964

I'm not sure what you mean by expensive robots. At the moment flippy the robot that makes fries cost 3.5K a month for jack in the box to rent. You can buy it for 30K. It also grills burgers, fries and onions rings.

https://www.businessinsider.com/miso-robotics-flippy-robot-on-sale-for-300000-2020-10#miso-first-introduced-flippy-at-the-grill-in-2018-as-the-first-burger-flipping-robot-in-the-world-it-could-grill-150-burgers-each-hour-1

I'm realizing that the most cost effective robot for different tasks, is not a full humanoid robot with legs and fingers (unless that humanoid robot is produced at scale, I don't know). Our world could fill up gradually with many robots. So certain jobs that are harder to automate (plumper/repair man) will probably be safe from robots for a while.

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DukkyDrake t1_j1ilas7 wrote

That example is just a long existing manufacturer of industrial robots, demonstrating products aren't necessarily super cheap just because their production is as maximally automated as permitted by economic concerns.

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